India, Feb. 27 -- After two weeks of toiling hard in the middle, Abhishek Sharma finally found his mojo in the T20 World Cup 2026, registering his first fifty in the tournament on Thursday. The left-handed batter from Punjab scored 55 runs in 30 balls against Zimbabwe with the help of four sixes and as many boundaries to set up the base for the defending champions to post more than 250 runs on the board. Before the must-win contest at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Abhishek had just managed 15 runs, including three ducks.

However, Zimbabwe erred big time with their tactics, deciding not to introduce a spinner in the powerplay, which let Abhishek get his eye in and tee off almost immediately. Abhishek mixed caution with aggression...